Rufous-crested Tanager

An iridescent sunbird of forest and forest edge, almost always near water. Males are distinctly bicolored: iridescent purple on their tails and heads and white on their bellies, with iridescent green highlights on the wings and orange underwing tufts. Females are more greenish-blue above with a bright white eye-line, a yellow belly, and white cheeks, throat, and chest. Distinguished from violet-backed sunbirds by its habitat, greenish wings, and iridescent female plumage. Vocalizations are not well known, but are presumably similar to those of other sunbirds.

A fairly large and distinctive rainforest greenbul. Mostly dark olive-green, with a brown tail and some blue-gray bare skin around the eye. The bright yellow throat feathers are slightly puffy. Generally uncommon and inconspicuous in the understory and at middle levels of lowland rainforest. Similar in appearance to Western Bearded-Greenbul, but smaller, with a less puffy throat and no gray in the plumage. Similar to Red-tailed Greenbul, but has a yellow rather than pure white throat. Somewhat similar to Icterine Greenbul, but larger and much darker on the breast and belly. The song is a series of 3-4 chatty notes, sometimes ending on an upward inflection; similar to the song of Red-tailed Greenbul, but lower-pitched and less cheerful. 

Unusually small kestrel with a gray head, a rufous back, unmarked buff underparts, a barred tail, and a dark “moustache” mark on the face. Found on several of the granitic Seychelles Islands. Originally found in areas of rainforest with cliffs and other rocky areas; now found in secondary scrub, cultivated areas, plantations, and towns, as well as in remnant natural habitat. Unlike other kestrels, does not hover. Call is a high, repeated “krii.” Shares general falcon shape with migrant and vagrant falcons, including Eleanora’s and Sooty Falcons, but smaller, with shorter, less pointed wings.